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Below is a family biography included in The History of Smith County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Dr. J. L. Jones was born in De Kalb County, Tenn., in 1849, one of ten children of Fredrick and Maria (Squires) Jones. The father, of Scottish origin, and a tailor by occupation, was born in Surry County, Va., and came to Smith County in 1837. After working at his trade until 1855, he engaged in the hotel business at Nashville — the Rock City Sun. From 1859 to 1870 he lived on his farm, of 200 acres, in Bradford County, but returned to Nashville, where he died in 1881. The mother was born in Smith County in 1811, and died at Nashville in 1873. Our subject was educated at Elmwood Academy, Bedford County, and at Union University, of Murfreesboro; graduated from the medical department of Nashville University in 1872, since when he has had an extensive practice. In 1874 he married Mary W., daughter of Joel M. and Martha L. Nichols, and was born in Smith County in 1854 Their two children are Mattie I. and Pearl. In politics he is a Democrat, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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This family biography is one of 62 biographies included in The History of Smith County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Smith County was included within The History of Sumner, Smith, Macon & Trousdale Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Sumner, Smith, Macon and Trousdale Counties of Tennessee
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